manhandle
verb
man·han·dle
ˈman-ˌhan-dᵊl 
manhandled; manhandling; manhandles
1
: to handle roughly
2
: to move or manage by human force
manhandled the posts into place
Examples of manhandle in a Sentence
They manhandled the heavy boxes onto the truck.
She manhandled the posts into place.
He was manhandling the boy.
He says he was manhandled by the police.
Recent Examples on the Web
This game got a lot more interesting after Servite manhandled JSerra 20-7 last week.
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
Weekends are the worst time to shop, as the crush of customers quickly pick over, manhandling all the way, each and every bin in the veggie department.
—Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
For almost half of the show’s 90 minutes, Durand stands upright and stone-still in a coffin, his body manhandled and danced around, posed and prodded, leered at and leaned on.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
They were manhandled in their first Big Ten game, pushed around.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
Weekends are the worst time to shop, as the crush of customers quickly pick over, manhandling all the way, each and every bin in the veggie department.
—Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
For almost half of the show’s 90 minutes, Durand stands upright and stone-still in a coffin, his body manhandled and danced around, posed and prodded, leered at and leaned on.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
They were manhandled in their first Big Ten game, pushed around.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
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“Manhandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhandle. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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manhandle
verb
man·han·dle
ˈman-ˌhan-dᵊl
1
: to handle roughly
2
: to move or manage by human force
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